Books to read

Life education

These are books (1) that I have read and found useful and (2) that I have not read but that I believe will be useful:

  1. [Life: Philosophy] On the shortness of life
  2. [Life: Values, being useful] Benjamin Franklin
  3. [Life] Source Code: My Beginnings
  4. [Life] Poor Charlie’s Almanack
  5. [Life] The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety
  6. [Life] Titan
  7. [Life] Thomas Edison
  8. [Life] Self-Reliance
  9. [Philosophy] Nicomachean Ethics
  10. [Philosophy] Open Socrates
  11. [Philosophy] Aspiration The Agency of Becoming
  12. [Philosophy] The War of Art
  13. [Wisdom] The Beginning of Infinity
  14. [Wisdom] Thinking in Systems
  15. [Psychology] The Selfish Gene
  16. [Psychology] Power
  17. [Design] The Design of Everyday Things
  18. [Design] Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things
  19. [Parenting] The Sovereign Child
  20. [Parenting] The Daily Dad
  21. [Parenting] Good Inside
  22. [Parenting] How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
  23. [Parenting] The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read
  24. [Parenting] Totto Chan
  25. [Parenting] The Learning Game
  26. [Parenting & Leadership] A Different Kind of Power
  27. [Personal finance] Psychology of Money

Others

  1. Empires of Light
Created July 13, 2026
Last edited August 25, 2026